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deisal

deisal is the alternative form of deasil.

Meaning of deasil

Adverb

deasil (not comparable)

  1. Clockwise, sunwise.
    • In Strathfillan, Perthshire, people are cured of insanity by being made to go three times deasil round a certain pool and then being plunged headlong into it.1939, Wilson Dallam Wallis, Religion in Primitive Society, New York: F. S. Crofts & Co., page 160

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Questions about deisal

What is deisal the alternative form of?
Deisal is the alternative form of deasil.

Words near deisal in the dictionary

  1. Deirdre
  2. deirid
  3. deirids
  4. deirochelyine
  5. deis
  6. deisal
  7. deiseal
  8. deiseals
  9. deises
  10. Deisher
  11. Deishers

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